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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1987
Page
3
A navy F-27 carrying Peru’s Alianza Lima soccer team crashed off a Lima beach. One of 43 aboard survived. pilot 1st Lt. Edilberto Villar escaped and is treated for shock. Navy teams recovered bodies as rescuers searched the 120 foot deep wreckage.
Iran says warplanes struck troop concentrations and a munitions depot near Basra while Iraq claims destruction of a sugar refinery in western Iran. The 20th U.S. escorted Kuwaiti tanker convoy enters the Persian Gulf as both sides brace for further action.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates include Carrier 2.60 per week and Mail options for 7 issues weekly pricing and 52 week plans, with restrictions on mail subscriptions in some areas. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches. Postmaster: address changes to Cedar Rapids Gazette P.O. Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406.
Dozens of soldiers raided a Manila house and captured Colonel Gregorio Honasan. Honasan led a failed August coup against President Corazon Aquino, who said she was overjoyed by the capture after attacks near the presidential palace that left 53 dead.
Raisa Gorbachev toured the White House and the National Gallery in Washington to seek better U.S.-Soviet ties. She spoke to reporters on subjects from diplomacy to women’s roles, praising dialogue while Nancy Reagan maintained a cordial but cool rapport.
The FDA proposed expanding sulfite restrictions to prevent use on raw potatoes in restaurants. Four deaths linked to sulfite-preserved potatoes served as hash browns and cottage fries prompted the move, following a prior ban on raw fruits and vegetables in salad bars.
A Harvard Education Review article by two former special education officials argues the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 separate schooling harms academic excellence by segregating disabled students. It links the system to wider societal condescension toward the disabled.
UN archivists searched for more than 400 Nazi atrocity files reported as unguarded for about 40 years according to a newspaper. The find underscores long unprotected records in the UN archival system and ongoing efforts to locate missing documents.
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